Update No. 97/10 on ICRC activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire)

Brazzaville and Kinshasa: Medical aid on both sides of the river Congo

Update No. 2 on ICRC activities in Congo-Brazzaville

Brazzaville/Kinshasa: Relief work progressing

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Priority in Kivu given to clean water and medical care

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Displaced people go home on barges

Democratic Republic of the Congo

ICRC denounces killing of employee in Kinshasa

The ICRC condemns and deplores two serious security incidents

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC opens office in Bunia

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Health programme in Oriental province

Democratic Republic of the Congo: inauguration of limb-fitting workshop in Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC appeals for compliance with humanitarian rules

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First visits to detainees and water for population

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Water and war

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC gains access to further place of detention in Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Visits to detainees and family news

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Central African Republic: Congolese civilians arrive in Bangui

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC opens an office in Kalemie

Rwanda: nearly 8,000 children reunited with their families

30 January 1997ICRC News 97/04

Since the beginning of the mass return of Rwandan refugees from
Zaire and later from Tanzania, some 10,500 unaccompanied children have been
registered and cared for by the ICRC and its working partners in the field. To
date, three-quarters of them have been reunited with their families, thanks to
active tracing on the road, in transit centres and, finally, in their communes
of origin.

As the first wave of refugees returned from Zaire last November,
6,350 lost children were collected along the way and 5,150 of them (81%) were
reunited with their families. A further 2,600 became separated from their
parents when returning from Tanzania; of these 1,900 (74%) rejoined their
families. During the latest influx of refugees from Zaire via Bukavu and
Kamembe, ICRC delegates on the spot have already coordinated the registration of
1,500 more unaccompanied children; so far almost 800 have been reunited with
relatives.

Among the ICRCs partners in the Rwanda tracing programme
are Save the Children (UK), Concern, World Vision, Feed the Hungry
International, and the Rwandan Ministry for Social Affairs. The operation is
also being coordinated with UNHCR and
UNICEF.